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On February 17th, 1864, the CSS H.L. Hunley became the first submarine to sink an enemy ship in combat. The submarine was also lost that night when it sank just outside Charleston Harbour in SC. with all eight crew members perishing. Although it played a small role in Civil War history, it played a major role in American naval history. Its crew were Lieutenant George E. Dixon, commander, Arnold Becker, Corporal J. F. Carlsen, Frank Collins, C. Lumpkin, Miller, James A. Wicks of North Carolina, and Joseph Ridgeway. Partial sedimentary remains of these naval men were taken from the submarine when it was raised from the floor of the ocean on August 8th, 2000.
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